Antony John, a 67-year-old man from Kollam district in Kerala, has built an electric vehicle that costs Rs 5 to travel 60 kms. Electric vehicles are the future of mobility, and we have mentioned this fact several times on our website in the past. Manufacturers such as Tata and MG
India’s semiconductor dream is under threat as none of the major chipmaking companies, including Intel, TSMC, Samsung, Global Foundries, and Micron, have applied for the incentives provided. In the 1970s, India made quite a visionary bet — on chips! We’re talking about semiconductors, of course. We realized that almost everything in the
According to a report by The Telegraph, Ian Clifford, an IBM employee who has been on leave for 15 years due to a disability, is suing the company for not raising his salary. An IBM employee attempted to sue the company on grounds of discrimination and not increasing his salary
The discovery of a Buddha Statue by a Polish-US mission points to ancient civilizational links between India and Egypt. India’s Buddhist traditions left their trail of ascetic uniqueness in ancient Egypt. A statue of Buddha, the reverent ascetic who founded Buddhism, has been discovered in Egypt’s seaport of Berenice on
An 18th-century East India Company merchant named John Pybus offers advice on tax dodging and bribery in his notes. East India Company merchant John Pybus compiled notes about the practicalities of trade in various ports and settlements of the Indian Ocean in the 18th century. Among lists of prices, exchange
According to a grammar analysis conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission, a mere two-mile distance between Back Bay and Nubian Square in Roxbury results in a 23-year difference in life expectancy in Boston. In Boston, a two-mile difference in where you live may mean a 23-year difference in life
Douglas Boneparth, a 38-year-old financial adviser from New York, stated that the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History is no longer an impending phenomenon; it is now a present reality. An intergenerational transfer of wealth is in motion in America — and it will dwarf any of the past. Of the
Newly disclosed Pentagon documents reveal that the Pentagon does not vet foreign proxy fighters trained by them for a history of rape and torture. American special forces have trained up foreign proxy fighters and sent them on ‘kill-or-capture’ missions without ascertaining whether they have histories of rape, torture, extrajudicial killings,
The UK Civil Aviation Authority is funding a project that is studying the effects of suborbital space flights, so a two-hour flight from London to Sydney via space might be possible soon. Holidaymakers will be able to fly from London to Sydney in as little as two hours within ten years – but they
